François-Marie Arouet; 21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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CANDIDE by Voltaire - FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio BooksCandide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature.
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Chapter 04 -- 00:08:22
Chapter 05 -- 00:06:34
Chapter 06 -- 00:03:28
Chapter 07 -- 00:05:01
Chapter 08 -- 00:07:06
Chapter 09 -- 00:04:13
Chapter 10 -- 00:04:56
Chapter 11 -- 00:08:44
Chapter 12 -- 00:09:49
Chapter 13 -- 00:05:42
Chapter 14 -- 00:08:07
Chapter 15 -- 00:05:14
Chapter 16 -- 00:08:27
Chapter 17 -- 00:08:35
Chapter 18 -- 00:13:19
Chapter 19 -- 00:11:47
Chapter 20 -- 00:06:08
Chapter 21 -- 00:04:21
Chapter 22 -- 00:23:24
Chapter 23 -- 00:03:32
Chapter 24 -- 00:10:59
Chapter 25 -- 00:13:03
Chapter 26 -- 00:08:04
Chapter 27 -- 00:08:40
Chapter 28 -- 00:06:35
Chapter 29 -- 00:03:06
Chapter 30 -- 00:11:50
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This is a story about the adventures of a man named Candide who grows up in the German castle of Westphalia. He is sensible and bright, taking to the philosophy of Pangloss, a philosopher who believes that all things happen for good.
Candide gets run out of Westphalia by the Baron after expressing a romantic interest the beautiful Cunegonde, the Baron's daughter. Still, Candide is determined to reunite with her some day.
After joining the Bulgarian army, Candide again runs, but meets Pangloss, who is disfigured and sickly. Pangloss tells Candide that Westphalia was attacked and that everyone died. The two of them travel to Portugal with the aid of a friendly man, who dies in a terrible storm at sea.
After surviving an earthquake, Candide and Pangloss are convicted and each sentenced: Candide to be whipped and shot, Pangloss to be hanged. Pangloss is hanged, but Candide is saved by an old woman, who heals his wounds.
The old woman takes Candide to Cunegonde, who survived the attack on Westphalia, and explains how she is now the property of two other men.
Candide slays the two men who own Cunegonde and he takes her and the old woman to the New World to escape persecution. As they are sailing, the old woman shares her own journey from princess to slave.
When they arrive in the New World, the local governor sees Cunegonde and wants to marry her. But before Candide can protest, he sees a ship arrive whose intentions are to arrest him for the slayings.
Candide leaves with a local guide, Cacambo, and they find refuge in a nearby settlement. There, Candide discovers that Cunegonde's brother is a commanding officer, having also survived the attack on Westphalia. However, the men fight and Candide stabs Cunegonde's brother before fleeing.
Candide and Cacambo then find a city of gold, El Dorado. Although the city is full of riches, the people live in peace and harmony. Candide and Cacambo enjoy their time in the city, but decide to take some of the riches with them to buy back Cunegonde. However, on their trip back, they lose most of their gold-carrying sheep and are forced to leave the riches behind.
Candide decides to split off from Cacambo, instructing him to take most of the gold, buy Cunegonde, and meet him in Venice.
After his gold is stolen by a Dutch sea captain, Candide decides to travel to France with Martin, a philosophical man who believes the worst in mankind.
In France, Candide and Martin run into Cacambo, who is now a slave to a former sultan. Cacambo tells them that Cunegonde is a slave in Constantinople and has grown ugly. Still, Candide is determined to see her.
As they are sailing to Constantinople, the group discovers that Cunegonde's brother and Pangloss are rowing the boat.
They land in Constantinople and Candide sees Cunegonde, ugly and beaten, and the old woman. He buys them, still wanting to marry Cunegonde.
In the end, Candide buys a small Turkish farm with the rest of his money and they all live on the farm together.
Initially, readers should be able to identify the author's use of satire as social commentary on money, relationships, slavery, and the evilness in people. Yet the strongest satire is saved for religious commentary. In the story, religious figures are often portrayed as hypocrites who display acts of lust, greed, and selfishness.
This story also portrays the incomplete story. Often, readers are led to believe that characters have died, but in fact, those characters survive and return by the end. This demonstrates the survivability of humans as organisms, but also an exciting literary device: the limited narrator. What this does is limit the reader's knowledge of the world and create new surprises that the reader and main protagonist share together.
Through all of Candide's misadventures, his belief that everything works for good acts as a strong constant. This philosophy, in a way, is mocked by the author as Candide takes it to extremes in some cases.
This ultimately leads to the conclusion of the story where Candide realizes that, in the end, it doesn't really matter whether events, good or bad, work out. Ultimately, we, as humans, are meant to work and experience, not to think or judge whether our experiences are for the benefit of ourselves and those around us.
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Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works.
Here are 8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio Books
Zadig ou la Destinée ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
The book makes use of the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip. It is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. It is a story of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, both of which Voltaire challenges with his presentation of the moral revolution taking place in Zadig himself. Voltaire's skillful use of the literary devices of contradiction and juxtaposition are shown in beautiful form in this prose. It is one of his most celebrated works after Candide.
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CHARACTERS in "Zadig" -
Zadig -- the protagonist, a Babylonian philosopher
Sémire -- Zadig's original love interest
Orcan -- Zadig's rival for Sémire
Azora -- Zadig's second love interest
Cador -- Zadig's confidant and faithful friend
Moabdar -- King of Babylon
Astarté -- Queen of Babylon, Zadig's final love interest
Sétoc -- Zadig's master as slave
Almona -- a widow
Arbogad -- a brigand
Jesrad -- an angel who disguises himself as a hermit. This character is directly inspired from a mysterious character referred to in the Quran, in Sura "The Cave" (Al-Kahf), v. 60-82. Known as Al-Khadir (meaning "The Green One"), he appears as a wise man holding great knowledge of the unknown and who Moses is going to follow through a journey.
Chapter listing and length:
00 -- Frontmatter -- 00:05:19
Read by: CarlManchester
01 -- The Blind Eye -- 00:09:33
Read by: Carl Manchester
02 -- The Nose -- 00:06:07
Read by: Carl Manchester
03 -- The Dog And The Horse -- 00:13:18
Read by: LucyBurgoyne
04 -- The Envious Man -- 00:13:18
Read by: Lucy Burgoyne
05 -- The Force of Generosity -- 00:06:34
Read by: Nicholas JamesBridgewater
06 -- The Judgments -- 00:09:48
Read by: Philippa Willitts
07 -- The Force of Jealousy -- 00:13:48
Read by: Nicholas James Bridgewater
08 -- The Thrash'd Wife -- 00:09:17
Read by: Nicholas James Bridgewater
09 -- The Captive -- 00:09:20
Read by: Ezwa
10 -- The FuneralPile -- 00:07:36
Read by: Arouet
11 -- The Evening's Entertainment -- 00:12:06
Read by: Andy
12 -- The Rendezvous -- 00:12:55
Read by: Alan Clare
13 -- The Free-Booter -- 00:10:59
Read by: Andy
14 -- The Fisherman -- 00:11:04
Read by: Andy
15 -- The Basilisk -- 00:30:58
Read by: Alan Clare
16 -- The Tournaments -- 00:14:30
Read by: MichelleWhite
17 -- The Hermit -- 00:18:54
Read by: Ted Delorme
18 -- The Aenigmas or Riddles -- 00:11:36
Read by: Carl Manchester
Total running time: 3:47:00
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Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 21,000 letters and over two thousand books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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Inspiring quotes from Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance and dogma. Quotes compiled from http://www.QuotesMessages.com
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Voltaire Quotes in this Video
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Quote #1 - “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Quote #2 - “Common sense is not so common.”
Quote #3 - “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Quote #4 - “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Quote #5 - “If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.”
Quote #6 - “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
Quote #7 - “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
Quote #8 - “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.”
Quote #9 - “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
Quote #10 - “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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François-Marie d'Arouet (1694--1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment. At the center of his work was a new conception of philosophy and the philosopher that in several crucial respects influenced the modern concept of each. Yet in other ways Voltaire was not a philosopher at all in the modern sense of the term. He wrote as many plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts, and he in fact directed many of his critical writings against the philosophical pretensions of recognized philosophers such as Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes. He was, however, a vigorous defender of a conception of natural science that served in his mind as the antidote to vain and fruitless philosophical investigation. In clarifying this new distinction between science and philosophy, and especially in fighting vigorously for it in public campaigns directed against the perceived enemies of fanaticism and superstition, Voltaire pointed modern philosophy down several paths that it subsequently followed.
Voltaire's skepticism descended directly from the neo-Pyrrhonian revival of the Renaissance, and owes a debt in particular to Montaigne, whose essays wedded the stance of doubt with the positive construction of a self grounded in philosophical skepticism. Pierre Bayle's skepticism was equally influential, and what Voltaire shared with these forerunners, and what separated him from other strands of skepticism, such as the one manifest in Descartes, is the insistence upon the value of the skeptical position in its own right as a final and complete philosophical stance. Among the philosophical tendencies that Voltaire most deplored, in fact, were those that he associated most powerfully with Descartes who, he believed, began in skepticism but then left it behind in the name of some positive philosophical project designed to eradicate or resolve it. Such urges usually led to the production of what Voltaire liked to call "philosophical romances," which is to say systematic accounts that overcome doubt by appealing to the imagination and its need for coherent explanations. Such explanations, Voltaire argued, are fictions, not philosophy, and the philosopher needs to recognize that very often the most philosophical explanation of all is to offer no explanation at all.
Such skepticism often acted as bulwark for Voltaire's defense of liberty since he argued that no authority, no matter how sacred, should be immune from challenge by critical reason. Voltaire's views on religion as manifest in his private writings are complex, and based on the evidence of these texts it would be wrong to call Voltaire an atheist, or even an anti-Christian so long as one accepts a broad understanding of what Christianity can entail. But even if his personal religious views were subtle, Voltaire was unwavering in his hostility to church authority and the power of the clergy. For similar reasons, he also grew as he matured ever more hostile toward the sacred mysteries upon which monarchs and Old Regime aristocratic society based their authority. In these cases, Voltaire's skepticism was harnessed to his libertarian convictions through his continual effort to use critical reason as a solvent for these "superstitions" and the authority they anchored. The philosophical authority of romanciers such as Descartes, Malebranche, and Leibniz was similarly subjected to the same critique, and here one sees how the defense of skepticism and liberty, more than any deeply held opposition to religiosity per se, was often the most powerful motivator for Voltaire.

Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of several liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satiricalpolemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

Biography

François-Marie Arouet was born in Paris, the youngest of the five children (three of whom survived) of François Arouet (1650 – 1 January 1722), a lawyer who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie Marguerite d'Aumart (ca. 1660 – 13 July 1701), from a noble family of the province of Poitou. Some speculation surrounds his date of birth, which Voltaire always claimed to be 20 February 1694. Voltaire was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand (1704–1711), where he learned Latin and Greek; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English.

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French historians traditionally place the Enlightenment between 1715, the year that Louis XIV died, and 1789, the beginning of the French Revolution. Some recent historians begin the period in the 1620s, with the start of the scientific revolution. The Philosophes, the French term for the philosophers of the period, widely circulated their ideas through meetings at scientific academies, Masonic lodges, literary salons and coffee houses, and through printed books and pamphlets. The ideas of the Enlightenment undermined the authority of the monarchy and the church, and paved the way for the revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. A variety of 19th-century movements, including liberalism and neo-classicism, trace their intellectual heritage back to the Enlightenment.

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François-Marie Arouet; 21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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CANDIDE by Voltaire - FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio BooksCandide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature.
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Chapter 02 -- 00:05:50
Chapter 03 -- 00:05:39
Chapter 04 -- 00:08:22
Chapter 05 -- 00:06:34
Chapter 06 -- 00:03:28
Chapter 07 -- 00:05:01
Chapter 08 -- 00:07:06
Chapter 09 -- 00:04:13
Chapter 10 -- 00:04:56
Chapter 11 -- 00:08:44
Chapter 12 -- 00:09:49
Chapter 13 -- 00:05:42
Chapter 14 -- 00:08:07
Chapter 15 -- 00:05:14
Chapter 16 -- 00:08:27
Chapter 17 -- 00:08:35
Chapter 18 -- 00:13:19
Chapter 19 -- 00:11:47
Chapter 20 -- 00:06:08
Chapter 21 -- 00:04:21
Chapter 22 -- 00:23:24
Chapter 23 -- 00:03:32
Chapter 24 -- 00:10:59
Chapter 25 -- 00:13:03
Chapter 26 -- 00:08:04
Chapter 27 -- 00:08:40
Chapter 28 -- 00:06:35
Chapter 29 -- 00:03:06
Chapter 30 -- 00:11:50
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This is a story about the adventures of a man named Candide who grows up in the German castle of Westphalia. He is sensible and bright, taking to the philosophy of Pangloss, a philosopher who believes that all things happen for good.
Candide gets run out of Westphalia by the Baron after expressing a romantic interest the beautiful Cunegonde, the Baron's daughter. Still, Candide is determined to reunite with her some day.
After joining the Bulgarian army, Candide again runs, but meets Pangloss, who is disfigured and sickly. Pangloss tells Candide that Westphalia was attacked and that everyone died. The two of them travel to Portugal with the aid of a friendly man, who dies in a terrible storm at sea.
After surviving an earthquake, Candide and Pangloss are convicted and each sentenced: Candide to be whipped and shot, Pangloss to be hanged. Pangloss is hanged, but Candide is saved by an old woman, who heals his wounds.
The old woman takes Candide to Cunegonde, who survived the attack on Westphalia, and explains how she is now the property of two other men.
Candide slays the two men who own Cunegonde and he takes her and the old woman to the New World to escape persecution. As they are sailing, the old woman shares her own journey from princess to slave.
When they arrive in the New World, the local governor sees Cunegonde and wants to marry her. But before Candide can protest, he sees a ship arrive whose intentions are to arrest him for the slayings.
Candide leaves with a local guide, Cacambo, and they find refuge in a nearby settlement. There, Candide discovers that Cunegonde's brother is a commanding officer, having also survived the attack on Westphalia. However, the men fight and Candide stabs Cunegonde's brother before fleeing.
Candide and Cacambo then find a city of gold, El Dorado. Although the city is full of riches, the people live in peace and harmony. Candide and Cacambo enjoy their time in the city, but decide to take some of the riches with them to buy back Cunegonde. However, on their trip back, they lose most of their gold-carrying sheep and are forced to leave the riches behind.
Candide decides to split off from Cacambo, instructing him to take most of the gold, buy Cunegonde, and meet him in Venice.
After his gold is stolen by a Dutch sea captain, Candide decides to travel to France with Martin, a philosophical man who believes the worst in mankind.
In France, Candide and Martin run into Cacambo, who is now a slave to a former sultan. Cacambo tells them that Cunegonde is a slave in Constantinople and has grown ugly. Still, Candide is determined to see her.
As they are sailing to Constantinople, the group discovers that Cunegonde's brother and Pangloss are rowing the boat.
They land in Constantinople and Candide sees Cunegonde, ugly and beaten, and the old woman. He buys them, still wanting to marry Cunegonde.
In the end, Candide buys a small Turkish farm with the rest of his money and they all live on the farm together.
Initially, readers should be able to identify the author's use of satire as social commentary on money, relationships, slavery, and the evilness in people. Yet the strongest satire is saved for religious commentary. In the story, religious figures are often portrayed as hypocrites who display acts of lust, greed, and selfishness.
This story also portrays the incomplete story. Often, readers are led to believe that characters have died, but in fact, those characters survive and return by the end. This demonstrates the survivability of humans as organisms, but also an exciting literary device: the limited narrator. What this does is limit the reader's knowledge of the world and create new surprises that the reader and main protagonist share together.
Through all of Candide's misadventures, his belief that everything works for good acts as a strong constant. This philosophy, in a way, is mocked by the author as Candide takes it to extremes in some cases.
This ultimately leads to the conclusion of the story where Candide realizes that, in the end, it doesn't really matter whether events, good or bad, work out. Ultimately, we, as humans, are meant to work and experience, not to think or judge whether our experiences are for the benefit of ourselves and those around us.
Through Minute Book Reports, hopefully you can get the plot and a few relevant discussion points in just a couple of minutes.
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8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire

8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire

8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works.
Here are 8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio Books
Zadig ou la Destinée ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
The book makes use of the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip. It is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. It is a story of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, both of which Voltaire challenges with his presentation of the moral revolution taking place in Zadig himself. Voltaire's skillful use of the literary devices of contradiction and juxtaposition are shown in beautiful form in this prose. It is one of his most celebrated works after Candide.
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CHARACTERS in "Zadig" -
Zadig -- the protagonist, a Babylonian philosopher
Sémire -- Zadig's original love interest
Orcan -- Zadig's rival for Sémire
Azora -- Zadig's second love interest
Cador -- Zadig's confidant and faithful friend
Moabdar -- King of Babylon
Astarté -- Queen of Babylon, Zadig's final love interest
Sétoc -- Zadig's master as slave
Almona -- a widow
Arbogad -- a brigand
Jesrad -- an angel who disguises himself as a hermit. This character is directly inspired from a mysterious character referred to in the Quran, in Sura "The Cave" (Al-Kahf), v. 60-82. Known as Al-Khadir (meaning "The Green One"), he appears as a wise man holding great knowledge of the unknown and who Moses is going to follow through a journey.
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02 -- The Nose -- 00:06:07
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03 -- The Dog And The Horse -- 00:13:18
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04 -- The Envious Man -- 00:13:18
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05 -- The Force of Generosity -- 00:06:34
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06 -- The Judgments -- 00:09:48
Read by: Philippa Willitts
07 -- The Force of Jealousy -- 00:13:48
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08 -- The Thrash'd Wife -- 00:09:17
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09 -- The Captive -- 00:09:20
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10 -- The FuneralPile -- 00:07:36
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11 -- The Evening's Entertainment -- 00:12:06
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12 -- The Rendezvous -- 00:12:55
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13 -- The Free-Booter -- 00:10:59
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14 -- The Fisherman -- 00:11:04
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15 -- The Basilisk -- 00:30:58
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16 -- The Tournaments -- 00:14:30
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17 -- The Hermit -- 00:18:54
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18 -- The Aenigmas or Riddles -- 00:11:36
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Voltaire

Voltaire

Voltaire

Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 21,000 letters and over two thousand books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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Who is Voltaire?

Who is Voltaire?

Who is Voltaire?

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🔴 Voltaire Quotes | Selected Quotes from Voltaire (HD Quality)

🔴 Voltaire Quotes | Selected Quotes from Voltaire (HD Quality)

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Inspiring quotes from Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance and dogma. Quotes compiled from http://www.QuotesMessages.com
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Quote #1 - “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Quote #2 - “Common sense is not so common.”
Quote #3 - “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Quote #4 - “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Quote #5 - “If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.”
Quote #6 - “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
Quote #7 - “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
Quote #8 - “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.”
Quote #9 - “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
Quote #10 - “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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Voltaire (1694-1778)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

François-Marie d'Arouet (1694--1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment. At the center of his work was a new conception of philosophy and the philosopher that in several crucial respects influenced the modern concept of each. Yet in other ways Voltaire was not a philosopher at all in the modern sense of the term. He wrote as many plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts, and he in fact directed many of his critical writings against the philosophical pretensions of recognized philosophers such as Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes. He was, however, a vigorous defender of a conception of natural science that served in his mind as the antidote to vain and fruitless philosophical investigation. In clarifying this new distinction between science and philosophy, and especially in fighting vigorously for it in public campaigns directed against the perceived enemies of fanaticism and superstition, Voltaire pointed modern philosophy down several paths that it subsequently followed.
Voltaire's skepticism descended directly from the neo-Pyrrhonian revival of the Renaissance, and owes a debt in particular to Montaigne, whose essays wedded the stance of doubt with the positive construction of a self grounded in philosophical skepticism. Pierre Bayle's skepticism was equally influential, and what Voltaire shared with these forerunners, and what separated him from other strands of skepticism, such as the one manifest in Descartes, is the insistence upon the value of the skeptical position in its own right as a final and complete philosophical stance. Among the philosophical tendencies that Voltaire most deplored, in fact, were those that he associated most powerfully with Descartes who, he believed, began in skepticism but then left it behind in the name of some positive philosophical project designed to eradicate or resolve it. Such urges usually led to the production of what Voltaire liked to call "philosophical romances," which is to say systematic accounts that overcome doubt by appealing to the imagination and its need for coherent explanations. Such explanations, Voltaire argued, are fictions, not philosophy, and the philosopher needs to recognize that very often the most philosophical explanation of all is to offer no explanation at all.
Such skepticism often acted as bulwark for Voltaire's defense of liberty since he argued that no authority, no matter how sacred, should be immune from challenge by critical reason. Voltaire's views on religion as manifest in his private writings are complex, and based on the evidence of these texts it would be wrong to call Voltaire an atheist, or even an anti-Christian so long as one accepts a broad understanding of what Christianity can entail. But even if his personal religious views were subtle, Voltaire was unwavering in his hostility to church authority and the power of the clergy. For similar reasons, he also grew as he matured ever more hostile toward the sacred mysteries upon which monarchs and Old Regime aristocratic society based their authority. In these cases, Voltaire's skepticism was harnessed to his libertarian convictions through his continual effort to use critical reason as a solvent for these "superstitions" and the authority they anchored. The philosophical authority of romanciers such as Descartes, Malebranche, and Leibniz was similarly subjected to the same critique, and here one sees how the defense of skepticism and liberty, more than any deeply held opposition to religiosity per se, was often the most powerful motivator for Voltaire.

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Voltaire's 'Candide' Summarized and Explained, with Will Durant

Voltaire's 'Candide' Summarized and Explained, with Will Durant

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme (pronounced /ˌkænˈdiːd/ in English and [kɑ̃did] in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it; most notably, Leonard Bernstein composed the music for the 1956 comic operetta adapted from the novel. The original 1956 libretto of Candide, written by Lillian Hellman, was an intensely bitter and somewhat loose adaptation of Voltaire, but Hugh Wheeler's new libretto, first produced in 1974, was a far more faithful adaptation of the novella, and the one which is still in use today. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is likely taught more than any other work of French literature.
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (pronounced: [volˈtɛʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.
Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Émilie du Châtelet) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions.
The Story of Philosophy: the Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a book by Will Durant that profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show the interconnection of their ideas and how one philosopher's ideas informed the next.
Philosophers profiled are, in order: Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Baruch Spinoza, Voltaire (with a section on Rousseau), Immanuel Kant (with a section on Hegel), Arthur Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
The final two chapters are devoted to European and then American philosophers. Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, and Bertrand Russell are covered in the tenth, and George Santayana, William James, and John Dewey are covered in the eleventh.

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3 Reasons to Love Voltaire

3 Reasons to Love Voltaire

3 Reasons to Love Voltaire

Welcome to visual knowledge three reasons to love Voltaire. Voltaire was a philosopher and writer. He has expressed ideas on freedom of speech, free trade, church, civil liberty, tolerance and much much more.
1) Rational religion
Voltaire did not believe in any single religion and therefore considered himself a deist which can also be referred to as rational religion. We can define rational religion in three phases.
Phase 1 God has created the universe. This is based on the premise that reason and observation determines a creator.
Phase 2 it rejects supernatural aspects or miracles
Phase 3 God has given humans reason
To define deism even further explains why Voltaire often saw the differences in religion as trivial. He was particularly critical of the church and saw the clergy (which are deacons, priests and bishops or to put simply important formal leaders of the church) as unnecessary and harmful. He detested the superstition aspect of religion and relied on the cousin of reasoning. Reasoning is a central theme of rational religion.
Another important distinction in rational religion is that God does not interfere taking a back step. To sum this up metaphorically If we think of the earth as a plane God has created it but he is not driving this plane nor is he involved in its navigation to where it's going.
2) Free speech
In defining the spirit of Voltaire Evelyn his biographer stated the following "I disagree with what you say but I defend your right to say it". Voltaire would say many things that would land him in trouble. For example one of his poems led to the impact of his incarceration.
When it came to religion Voltaire was particularly critical but he was still in favour of the toleration of religious belief. One would assume that even though Voltaire would use satire in his work to express his views on philosophical optimism one would assume that he would still tolerate the alternative perspective.
Indeed Voltaire understood......the impact of having free speech and the impact of restricting it. This is captured in the following quote "tolerance has never provoked a civil war; intolerance has covered the earth in carnage".
3) the eighteenth century/ the age of Voltaire
Eighteenth century is often seen as an Age of Enlightenment. If this was a movie you had a cast of characters that played a significant part in education of human progression.
Think of the characters and we are only going to name a few... Edward Jenner the father of immunology.
From Leonard Eulor a mathematician who discovered calculus and geometry.
To Isaac Newton a physicist who discovered gravity and of course Voltaire the prolific writer and advocate of freedom of thought and big opposer of the Catholic Church and of course there are much more.
To summarize in a concise manner reason logic and science triumphed over the concept of faith and institutionalized religion. This has painted the intellectual template for the world we live in today. And Voltaire was an integral part of this enlightenment that led to this template.
This was an age of the freedom of thought.
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François-Marie Arouet; 21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of...

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CANDIDE by Voltaire - FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

CANDIDE by Voltaire - FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio BooksCandide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply pr...

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Voltaire: Candide

François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi aʁ.wɛ]; 21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (pronounced: [vɔl.tɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, freedom of expression, free trade and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws with harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently ...

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This is a story about the adventures of a man named Candide who grows up in the German castle of Westphalia. He is sensible and bright, taking to the philosophy of Pangloss, a philosopher who believes that all things happen for good.
Candide gets run out of Westphalia by the Baron after expressing a romantic interest the beautiful Cunegonde, the Baron's daughter. Still, Candide is determined to reunite with her some day.
After joining the Bulgarian army, Candide again runs, but meets Pangloss, who is dis...

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8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works.
Here are 8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
If you want to know who co...

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ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

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Zadig ou la Destinée ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
The book makes use of the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip. It is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. It is a story of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, both of which Voltaire challenges with his presentation of the moral revolution taking pla...

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Voltaire

Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 21,000 letters and over two thousand books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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Inspiring quotes from Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance and dogma. Quotes compiled from http://www.QuotesMessages.com
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Quote #1 - “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Quote #2 - “Common sense is not so common.”
Quote #3 - “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Quote #4 - “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Quote #5 - “If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.”
Quot...

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Voltaire (1694-1778)

François-Marie d'Arouet (1694--1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment. At the center of his work was a new conception of philosophy and the philosopher that in several crucial respects influenced the modern concept of each. Yet in other ways Voltaire was not a philosopher at all in the modern sense of the term. He wrote as many plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts, and he in fact directed many of his critical writings against the philosophical pretensions of recognized philosophers such as Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes. He was, however, a vigorous defender of a conception of natural science that served in his mind as the ...

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme (pronounced /ˌkænˈdiːd/ in English and [kɑ̃did] in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and ...

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3 Reasons to Love Voltaire

Welcome to visual knowledge three reasons to love Voltaire. Voltaire was a philosopher and writer. He has expressed ideas on freedom of speech, free trade, church, civil liberty, tolerance and much much more.
1) Rational religion
Voltaire did not believe in any single religion and therefore considered himself a deist which can also be referred to as rational religion. We can define rational religion in three phases.
Phase 1 God has created the universe. This is based on the premise that reason and observation determines a creator.
Phase 2 it rejects supernatural aspects or miracles
Phase 3 God has given humans reason
To define deism even further explains why Voltaire often saw the differences in religion as trivial. He was particularly critical of the church and saw the clerg...

François-Marie Arouet; 21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

François-Marie Arouet; 21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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Voltaire was one of the wisest, funniest and cleverest people of the 18th century. He continues to have lots to teach us about toleration, modesty and kindness....

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CANDIDE by Voltaire - FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio BooksCandide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature.
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Chapter 01 -- 00:06:10
Chapter 02 -- 00:05:50
Chapter 03 -- 00:05:39
Chapter 04 -- 00:08:22
Chapter 05 -- 00:06:34
Chapter 06 -- 00:03:28
Chapter 07 -- 00:05:01
Chapter 08 -- 00:07:06
Chapter 09 -- 00:04:13
Chapter 10 -- 00:04:56
Chapter 11 -- 00:08:44
Chapter 12 -- 00:09:49
Chapter 13 -- 00:05:42
Chapter 14 -- 00:08:07
Chapter 15 -- 00:05:14
Chapter 16 -- 00:08:27
Chapter 17 -- 00:08:35
Chapter 18 -- 00:13:19
Chapter 19 -- 00:11:47
Chapter 20 -- 00:06:08
Chapter 21 -- 00:04:21
Chapter 22 -- 00:23:24
Chapter 23 -- 00:03:32
Chapter 24 -- 00:10:59
Chapter 25 -- 00:13:03
Chapter 26 -- 00:08:04
Chapter 27 -- 00:08:40
Chapter 28 -- 00:06:35
Chapter 29 -- 00:03:06
Chapter 30 -- 00:11:50
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CANDIDE by Voltaire - FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio BooksCandide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature.
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Chapter listing and length:
Chapter 01 -- 00:06:10
Chapter 02 -- 00:05:50
Chapter 03 -- 00:05:39
Chapter 04 -- 00:08:22
Chapter 05 -- 00:06:34
Chapter 06 -- 00:03:28
Chapter 07 -- 00:05:01
Chapter 08 -- 00:07:06
Chapter 09 -- 00:04:13
Chapter 10 -- 00:04:56
Chapter 11 -- 00:08:44
Chapter 12 -- 00:09:49
Chapter 13 -- 00:05:42
Chapter 14 -- 00:08:07
Chapter 15 -- 00:05:14
Chapter 16 -- 00:08:27
Chapter 17 -- 00:08:35
Chapter 18 -- 00:13:19
Chapter 19 -- 00:11:47
Chapter 20 -- 00:06:08
Chapter 21 -- 00:04:21
Chapter 22 -- 00:23:24
Chapter 23 -- 00:03:32
Chapter 24 -- 00:10:59
Chapter 25 -- 00:13:03
Chapter 26 -- 00:08:04
Chapter 27 -- 00:08:40
Chapter 28 -- 00:06:35
Chapter 29 -- 00:03:06
Chapter 30 -- 00:11:50
#Candide #Voltaire #Audiobook #audiobooks #greatestaudiobooks
#philosophy
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Candide by Voltaire (Summary and Review) - Minute Book Report

This is a quick summary and analysis of Candide by Voltaire. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly. New M...

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This is a story about the adventures of a man named Candide who grows up in the German castle of Westphalia. He is sensible and bright, taking to the philosophy of Pangloss, a philosopher who believes that all things happen for good.
Candide gets run out of Westphalia by the Baron after expressing a romantic interest the beautiful Cunegonde, the Baron's daughter. Still, Candide is determined to reunite with her some day.
After joining the Bulgarian army, Candide again runs, but meets Pangloss, who is disfigured and sickly. Pangloss tells Candide that Westphalia was attacked and that everyone died. The two of them travel to Portugal with the aid of a friendly man, who dies in a terrible storm at sea.
After surviving an earthquake, Candide and Pangloss are convicted and each sentenced: Candide to be whipped and shot, Pangloss to be hanged. Pangloss is hanged, but Candide is saved by an old woman, who heals his wounds.
The old woman takes Candide to Cunegonde, who survived the attack on Westphalia, and explains how she is now the property of two other men.
Candide slays the two men who own Cunegonde and he takes her and the old woman to the New World to escape persecution. As they are sailing, the old woman shares her own journey from princess to slave.
When they arrive in the New World, the local governor sees Cunegonde and wants to marry her. But before Candide can protest, he sees a ship arrive whose intentions are to arrest him for the slayings.
Candide leaves with a local guide, Cacambo, and they find refuge in a nearby settlement. There, Candide discovers that Cunegonde's brother is a commanding officer, having also survived the attack on Westphalia. However, the men fight and Candide stabs Cunegonde's brother before fleeing.
Candide and Cacambo then find a city of gold, El Dorado. Although the city is full of riches, the people live in peace and harmony. Candide and Cacambo enjoy their time in the city, but decide to take some of the riches with them to buy back Cunegonde. However, on their trip back, they lose most of their gold-carrying sheep and are forced to leave the riches behind.
Candide decides to split off from Cacambo, instructing him to take most of the gold, buy Cunegonde, and meet him in Venice.
After his gold is stolen by a Dutch sea captain, Candide decides to travel to France with Martin, a philosophical man who believes the worst in mankind.
In France, Candide and Martin run into Cacambo, who is now a slave to a former sultan. Cacambo tells them that Cunegonde is a slave in Constantinople and has grown ugly. Still, Candide is determined to see her.
As they are sailing to Constantinople, the group discovers that Cunegonde's brother and Pangloss are rowing the boat.
They land in Constantinople and Candide sees Cunegonde, ugly and beaten, and the old woman. He buys them, still wanting to marry Cunegonde.
In the end, Candide buys a small Turkish farm with the rest of his money and they all live on the farm together.
Initially, readers should be able to identify the author's use of satire as social commentary on money, relationships, slavery, and the evilness in people. Yet the strongest satire is saved for religious commentary. In the story, religious figures are often portrayed as hypocrites who display acts of lust, greed, and selfishness.
This story also portrays the incomplete story. Often, readers are led to believe that characters have died, but in fact, those characters survive and return by the end. This demonstrates the survivability of humans as organisms, but also an exciting literary device: the limited narrator. What this does is limit the reader's knowledge of the world and create new surprises that the reader and main protagonist share together.
Through all of Candide's misadventures, his belief that everything works for good acts as a strong constant. This philosophy, in a way, is mocked by the author as Candide takes it to extremes in some cases.
This ultimately leads to the conclusion of the story where Candide realizes that, in the end, it doesn't really matter whether events, good or bad, work out. Ultimately, we, as humans, are meant to work and experience, not to think or judge whether our experiences are for the benefit of ourselves and those around us.
Through Minute Book Reports, hopefully you can get the plot and a few relevant discussion points in just a couple of minutes.
Music by WingoWinston from newgrounds.com.

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This is a story about the adventures of a man named Candide who grows up in the German castle of Westphalia. He is sensible and bright, taking to the philosophy of Pangloss, a philosopher who believes that all things happen for good.
Candide gets run out of Westphalia by the Baron after expressing a romantic interest the beautiful Cunegonde, the Baron's daughter. Still, Candide is determined to reunite with her some day.
After joining the Bulgarian army, Candide again runs, but meets Pangloss, who is disfigured and sickly. Pangloss tells Candide that Westphalia was attacked and that everyone died. The two of them travel to Portugal with the aid of a friendly man, who dies in a terrible storm at sea.
After surviving an earthquake, Candide and Pangloss are convicted and each sentenced: Candide to be whipped and shot, Pangloss to be hanged. Pangloss is hanged, but Candide is saved by an old woman, who heals his wounds.
The old woman takes Candide to Cunegonde, who survived the attack on Westphalia, and explains how she is now the property of two other men.
Candide slays the two men who own Cunegonde and he takes her and the old woman to the New World to escape persecution. As they are sailing, the old woman shares her own journey from princess to slave.
When they arrive in the New World, the local governor sees Cunegonde and wants to marry her. But before Candide can protest, he sees a ship arrive whose intentions are to arrest him for the slayings.
Candide leaves with a local guide, Cacambo, and they find refuge in a nearby settlement. There, Candide discovers that Cunegonde's brother is a commanding officer, having also survived the attack on Westphalia. However, the men fight and Candide stabs Cunegonde's brother before fleeing.
Candide and Cacambo then find a city of gold, El Dorado. Although the city is full of riches, the people live in peace and harmony. Candide and Cacambo enjoy their time in the city, but decide to take some of the riches with them to buy back Cunegonde. However, on their trip back, they lose most of their gold-carrying sheep and are forced to leave the riches behind.
Candide decides to split off from Cacambo, instructing him to take most of the gold, buy Cunegonde, and meet him in Venice.
After his gold is stolen by a Dutch sea captain, Candide decides to travel to France with Martin, a philosophical man who believes the worst in mankind.
In France, Candide and Martin run into Cacambo, who is now a slave to a former sultan. Cacambo tells them that Cunegonde is a slave in Constantinople and has grown ugly. Still, Candide is determined to see her.
As they are sailing to Constantinople, the group discovers that Cunegonde's brother and Pangloss are rowing the boat.
They land in Constantinople and Candide sees Cunegonde, ugly and beaten, and the old woman. He buys them, still wanting to marry Cunegonde.
In the end, Candide buys a small Turkish farm with the rest of his money and they all live on the farm together.
Initially, readers should be able to identify the author's use of satire as social commentary on money, relationships, slavery, and the evilness in people. Yet the strongest satire is saved for religious commentary. In the story, religious figures are often portrayed as hypocrites who display acts of lust, greed, and selfishness.
This story also portrays the incomplete story. Often, readers are led to believe that characters have died, but in fact, those characters survive and return by the end. This demonstrates the survivability of humans as organisms, but also an exciting literary device: the limited narrator. What this does is limit the reader's knowledge of the world and create new surprises that the reader and main protagonist share together.
Through all of Candide's misadventures, his belief that everything works for good acts as a strong constant. This philosophy, in a way, is mocked by the author as Candide takes it to extremes in some cases.
This ultimately leads to the conclusion of the story where Candide realizes that, in the end, it doesn't really matter whether events, good or bad, work out. Ultimately, we, as humans, are meant to work and experience, not to think or judge whether our experiences are for the benefit of ourselves and those around us.
Through Minute Book Reports, hopefully you can get the plot and a few relevant discussion points in just a couple of minutes.
Music by WingoWinston from newgrounds.com.

8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary fo...

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works.
Here are 8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works.
Here are 8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio Books
Zadig ou la Destinée ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
The book makes use of the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip. It is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. It is a story of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, both of which Voltaire challenges with his presentation of the moral revolution taking place in Zadig himself. Voltaire's skillful use of the literary devices of contradiction and juxtaposition are shown in beautiful form in this prose. It is one of his most celebrated works after Candide.
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CHARACTERS in "Zadig" -
Zadig -- the protagonist, a Babylonian philosopher
Sémire -- Zadig's original love interest
Orcan -- Zadig's rival for Sémire
Azora -- Zadig's second love interest
Cador -- Zadig's confidant and faithful friend
Moabdar -- King of Babylon
Astarté -- Queen of Babylon, Zadig's final love interest
Sétoc -- Zadig's master as slave
Almona -- a widow
Arbogad -- a brigand
Jesrad -- an angel who disguises himself as a hermit. This character is directly inspired from a mysterious character referred to in the Quran, in Sura "The Cave" (Al-Kahf), v. 60-82. Known as Al-Khadir (meaning "The Green One"), he appears as a wise man holding great knowledge of the unknown and who Moses is going to follow through a journey.
Chapter listing and length:
00 -- Frontmatter -- 00:05:19
Read by: CarlManchester
01 -- The Blind Eye -- 00:09:33
Read by: Carl Manchester
02 -- The Nose -- 00:06:07
Read by: Carl Manchester
03 -- The Dog And The Horse -- 00:13:18
Read by: LucyBurgoyne
04 -- The Envious Man -- 00:13:18
Read by: Lucy Burgoyne
05 -- The Force of Generosity -- 00:06:34
Read by: Nicholas JamesBridgewater
06 -- The Judgments -- 00:09:48
Read by: Philippa Willitts
07 -- The Force of Jealousy -- 00:13:48
Read by: Nicholas James Bridgewater
08 -- The Thrash'd Wife -- 00:09:17
Read by: Nicholas James Bridgewater
09 -- The Captive -- 00:09:20
Read by: Ezwa
10 -- The FuneralPile -- 00:07:36
Read by: Arouet
11 -- The Evening's Entertainment -- 00:12:06
Read by: Andy
12 -- The Rendezvous -- 00:12:55
Read by: Alan Clare
13 -- The Free-Booter -- 00:10:59
Read by: Andy
14 -- The Fisherman -- 00:11:04
Read by: Andy
15 -- The Basilisk -- 00:30:58
Read by: Alan Clare
16 -- The Tournaments -- 00:14:30
Read by: MichelleWhite
17 -- The Hermit -- 00:18:54
Read by: Ted Delorme
18 -- The Aenigmas or Riddles -- 00:11:36
Read by: Carl Manchester
Total running time: 3:47:00
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ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio Books
Zadig ou la Destinée ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
The book makes use of the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip. It is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. It is a story of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, both of which Voltaire challenges with his presentation of the moral revolution taking place in Zadig himself. Voltaire's skillful use of the literary devices of contradiction and juxtaposition are shown in beautiful form in this prose. It is one of his most celebrated works after Candide.
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CHARACTERS in "Zadig" -
Zadig -- the protagonist, a Babylonian philosopher
Sémire -- Zadig's original love interest
Orcan -- Zadig's rival for Sémire
Azora -- Zadig's second love interest
Cador -- Zadig's confidant and faithful friend
Moabdar -- King of Babylon
Astarté -- Queen of Babylon, Zadig's final love interest
Sétoc -- Zadig's master as slave
Almona -- a widow
Arbogad -- a brigand
Jesrad -- an angel who disguises himself as a hermit. This character is directly inspired from a mysterious character referred to in the Quran, in Sura "The Cave" (Al-Kahf), v. 60-82. Known as Al-Khadir (meaning "The Green One"), he appears as a wise man holding great knowledge of the unknown and who Moses is going to follow through a journey.
Chapter listing and length:
00 -- Frontmatter -- 00:05:19
Read by: CarlManchester
01 -- The Blind Eye -- 00:09:33
Read by: Carl Manchester
02 -- The Nose -- 00:06:07
Read by: Carl Manchester
03 -- The Dog And The Horse -- 00:13:18
Read by: LucyBurgoyne
04 -- The Envious Man -- 00:13:18
Read by: Lucy Burgoyne
05 -- The Force of Generosity -- 00:06:34
Read by: Nicholas JamesBridgewater
06 -- The Judgments -- 00:09:48
Read by: Philippa Willitts
07 -- The Force of Jealousy -- 00:13:48
Read by: Nicholas James Bridgewater
08 -- The Thrash'd Wife -- 00:09:17
Read by: Nicholas James Bridgewater
09 -- The Captive -- 00:09:20
Read by: Ezwa
10 -- The FuneralPile -- 00:07:36
Read by: Arouet
11 -- The Evening's Entertainment -- 00:12:06
Read by: Andy
12 -- The Rendezvous -- 00:12:55
Read by: Alan Clare
13 -- The Free-Booter -- 00:10:59
Read by: Andy
14 -- The Fisherman -- 00:11:04
Read by: Andy
15 -- The Basilisk -- 00:30:58
Read by: Alan Clare
16 -- The Tournaments -- 00:14:30
Read by: MichelleWhite
17 -- The Hermit -- 00:18:54
Read by: Ted Delorme
18 -- The Aenigmas or Riddles -- 00:11:36
Read by: Carl Manchester
Total running time: 3:47:00
This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org.
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Voltaire

Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He ...

Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 21,000 letters and over two thousand books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 21,000 letters and over two thousand books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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Inspiring quotes from Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to cri...

Inspiring quotes from Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance and dogma. Quotes compiled from http://www.QuotesMessages.com
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Voltaire Quotes in this Video
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Quote #1 - “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Quote #2 - “Common sense is not so common.”
Quote #3 - “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Quote #4 - “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Quote #5 - “If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.”
Quote #6 - “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
Quote #7 - “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
Quote #8 - “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.”
Quote #9 - “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
Quote #10 - “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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Inspiring quotes from Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance and dogma. Quotes compiled from http://www.QuotesMessages.com
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Voltaire Quotes in this Video
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Quote #1 - “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Quote #2 - “Common sense is not so common.”
Quote #3 - “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Quote #4 - “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Quote #5 - “If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.”
Quote #6 - “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
Quote #7 - “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
Quote #8 - “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.”
Quote #9 - “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
Quote #10 - “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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François-Marie d'Arouet (1694--1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment. At the center of his work was a new conception of philosophy and the philosopher that in several crucial respects influenced the modern concept of each. Yet in other ways Voltaire was not a philosopher at all in the modern sense of the term. He wrote as many plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts, and he in fact directed many of his critical writings against the philosophical pretensions of recognized philosophers such as Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes. He was, however, a vigorous defender of a conception of natural science that served in his mind as the antidote to vain and fruitless philosophical investigation. In clarifying this new distinction between science and philosophy, and especially in fighting vigorously for it in public campaigns directed against the perceived enemies of fanaticism and superstition, Voltaire pointed modern philosophy down several paths that it subsequently followed.
Voltaire's skepticism descended directly from the neo-Pyrrhonian revival of the Renaissance, and owes a debt in particular to Montaigne, whose essays wedded the stance of doubt with the positive construction of a self grounded in philosophical skepticism. Pierre Bayle's skepticism was equally influential, and what Voltaire shared with these forerunners, and what separated him from other strands of skepticism, such as the one manifest in Descartes, is the insistence upon the value of the skeptical position in its own right as a final and complete philosophical stance. Among the philosophical tendencies that Voltaire most deplored, in fact, were those that he associated most powerfully with Descartes who, he believed, began in skepticism but then left it behind in the name of some positive philosophical project designed to eradicate or resolve it. Such urges usually led to the production of what Voltaire liked to call "philosophical romances," which is to say systematic accounts that overcome doubt by appealing to the imagination and its need for coherent explanations. Such explanations, Voltaire argued, are fictions, not philosophy, and the philosopher needs to recognize that very often the most philosophical explanation of all is to offer no explanation at all.
Such skepticism often acted as bulwark for Voltaire's defense of liberty since he argued that no authority, no matter how sacred, should be immune from challenge by critical reason. Voltaire's views on religion as manifest in his private writings are complex, and based on the evidence of these texts it would be wrong to call Voltaire an atheist, or even an anti-Christian so long as one accepts a broad understanding of what Christianity can entail. But even if his personal religious views were subtle, Voltaire was unwavering in his hostility to church authority and the power of the clergy. For similar reasons, he also grew as he matured ever more hostile toward the sacred mysteries upon which monarchs and Old Regime aristocratic society based their authority. In these cases, Voltaire's skepticism was harnessed to his libertarian convictions through his continual effort to use critical reason as a solvent for these "superstitions" and the authority they anchored. The philosophical authority of romanciers such as Descartes, Malebranche, and Leibniz was similarly subjected to the same critique, and here one sees how the defense of skepticism and liberty, more than any deeply held opposition to religiosity per se, was often the most powerful motivator for Voltaire.

François-Marie d'Arouet (1694--1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment. At the center of his work was a new conception of philosophy and the philosopher that in several crucial respects influenced the modern concept of each. Yet in other ways Voltaire was not a philosopher at all in the modern sense of the term. He wrote as many plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts, and he in fact directed many of his critical writings against the philosophical pretensions of recognized philosophers such as Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes. He was, however, a vigorous defender of a conception of natural science that served in his mind as the antidote to vain and fruitless philosophical investigation. In clarifying this new distinction between science and philosophy, and especially in fighting vigorously for it in public campaigns directed against the perceived enemies of fanaticism and superstition, Voltaire pointed modern philosophy down several paths that it subsequently followed.
Voltaire's skepticism descended directly from the neo-Pyrrhonian revival of the Renaissance, and owes a debt in particular to Montaigne, whose essays wedded the stance of doubt with the positive construction of a self grounded in philosophical skepticism. Pierre Bayle's skepticism was equally influential, and what Voltaire shared with these forerunners, and what separated him from other strands of skepticism, such as the one manifest in Descartes, is the insistence upon the value of the skeptical position in its own right as a final and complete philosophical stance. Among the philosophical tendencies that Voltaire most deplored, in fact, were those that he associated most powerfully with Descartes who, he believed, began in skepticism but then left it behind in the name of some positive philosophical project designed to eradicate or resolve it. Such urges usually led to the production of what Voltaire liked to call "philosophical romances," which is to say systematic accounts that overcome doubt by appealing to the imagination and its need for coherent explanations. Such explanations, Voltaire argued, are fictions, not philosophy, and the philosopher needs to recognize that very often the most philosophical explanation of all is to offer no explanation at all.
Such skepticism often acted as bulwark for Voltaire's defense of liberty since he argued that no authority, no matter how sacred, should be immune from challenge by critical reason. Voltaire's views on religion as manifest in his private writings are complex, and based on the evidence of these texts it would be wrong to call Voltaire an atheist, or even an anti-Christian so long as one accepts a broad understanding of what Christianity can entail. But even if his personal religious views were subtle, Voltaire was unwavering in his hostility to church authority and the power of the clergy. For similar reasons, he also grew as he matured ever more hostile toward the sacred mysteries upon which monarchs and Old Regime aristocratic society based their authority. In these cases, Voltaire's skepticism was harnessed to his libertarian convictions through his continual effort to use critical reason as a solvent for these "superstitions" and the authority they anchored. The philosophical authority of romanciers such as Descartes, Malebranche, and Leibniz was similarly subjected to the same critique, and here one sees how the defense of skepticism and liberty, more than any deeply held opposition to religiosity per se, was often the most powerful motivator for Voltaire.

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme (pronounced /ˌkænˈdiːd/ in English and [kɑ̃did] in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it; most notably, Leonard Bernstein composed the music for the 1956 comic operetta adapted from the novel. The original 1956 libretto of Candide, written by Lillian Hellman, was an intensely bitter and somewhat loose adaptation of Voltaire, but Hugh Wheeler's new libretto, first produced in 1974, was a far more faithful adaptation of the novella, and the one which is still in use today. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is likely taught more than any other work of French literature.
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (pronounced: [volˈtɛʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.
Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Émilie du Châtelet) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions.
The Story of Philosophy: the Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a book by Will Durant that profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show the interconnection of their ideas and how one philosopher's ideas informed the next.
Philosophers profiled are, in order: Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Baruch Spinoza, Voltaire (with a section on Rousseau), Immanuel Kant (with a section on Hegel), Arthur Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
The final two chapters are devoted to European and then American philosophers. Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, and Bertrand Russell are covered in the tenth, and George Santayana, William James, and John Dewey are covered in the eleventh.

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme (pronounced /ˌkænˈdiːd/ in English and [kɑ̃did] in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it; most notably, Leonard Bernstein composed the music for the 1956 comic operetta adapted from the novel. The original 1956 libretto of Candide, written by Lillian Hellman, was an intensely bitter and somewhat loose adaptation of Voltaire, but Hugh Wheeler's new libretto, first produced in 1974, was a far more faithful adaptation of the novella, and the one which is still in use today. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is likely taught more than any other work of French literature.
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (pronounced: [volˈtɛʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.
Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Émilie du Châtelet) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions.
The Story of Philosophy: the Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a book by Will Durant that profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show the interconnection of their ideas and how one philosopher's ideas informed the next.
Philosophers profiled are, in order: Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Baruch Spinoza, Voltaire (with a section on Rousseau), Immanuel Kant (with a section on Hegel), Arthur Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
The final two chapters are devoted to European and then American philosophers. Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, and Bertrand Russell are covered in the tenth, and George Santayana, William James, and John Dewey are covered in the eleventh.

3 Reasons to Love Voltaire

Welcome to visual knowledge three reasons to love Voltaire. Voltaire was a philosopher and writer. He has expressed ideas on freedom of speech, free trade, chur...

Welcome to visual knowledge three reasons to love Voltaire. Voltaire was a philosopher and writer. He has expressed ideas on freedom of speech, free trade, church, civil liberty, tolerance and much much more.
1) Rational religion
Voltaire did not believe in any single religion and therefore considered himself a deist which can also be referred to as rational religion. We can define rational religion in three phases.
Phase 1 God has created the universe. This is based on the premise that reason and observation determines a creator.
Phase 2 it rejects supernatural aspects or miracles
Phase 3 God has given humans reason
To define deism even further explains why Voltaire often saw the differences in religion as trivial. He was particularly critical of the church and saw the clergy (which are deacons, priests and bishops or to put simply important formal leaders of the church) as unnecessary and harmful. He detested the superstition aspect of religion and relied on the cousin of reasoning. Reasoning is a central theme of rational religion.
Another important distinction in rational religion is that God does not interfere taking a back step. To sum this up metaphorically If we think of the earth as a plane God has created it but he is not driving this plane nor is he involved in its navigation to where it's going.
2) Free speech
In defining the spirit of Voltaire Evelyn his biographer stated the following "I disagree with what you say but I defend your right to say it". Voltaire would say many things that would land him in trouble. For example one of his poems led to the impact of his incarceration.
When it came to religion Voltaire was particularly critical but he was still in favour of the toleration of religious belief. One would assume that even though Voltaire would use satire in his work to express his views on philosophical optimism one would assume that he would still tolerate the alternative perspective.
Indeed Voltaire understood......the impact of having free speech and the impact of restricting it. This is captured in the following quote "tolerance has never provoked a civil war; intolerance has covered the earth in carnage".
3) the eighteenth century/ the age of Voltaire
Eighteenth century is often seen as an Age of Enlightenment. If this was a movie you had a cast of characters that played a significant part in education of human progression.
Think of the characters and we are only going to name a few... Edward Jenner the father of immunology.
From Leonard Eulor a mathematician who discovered calculus and geometry.
To Isaac Newton a physicist who discovered gravity and of course Voltaire the prolific writer and advocate of freedom of thought and big opposer of the Catholic Church and of course there are much more.
To summarize in a concise manner reason logic and science triumphed over the concept of faith and institutionalized religion. This has painted the intellectual template for the world we live in today. And Voltaire was an integral part of this enlightenment that led to this template.
This was an age of the freedom of thought.
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Welcome to visual knowledge three reasons to love Voltaire. Voltaire was a philosopher and writer. He has expressed ideas on freedom of speech, free trade, church, civil liberty, tolerance and much much more.
1) Rational religion
Voltaire did not believe in any single religion and therefore considered himself a deist which can also be referred to as rational religion. We can define rational religion in three phases.
Phase 1 God has created the universe. This is based on the premise that reason and observation determines a creator.
Phase 2 it rejects supernatural aspects or miracles
Phase 3 God has given humans reason
To define deism even further explains why Voltaire often saw the differences in religion as trivial. He was particularly critical of the church and saw the clergy (which are deacons, priests and bishops or to put simply important formal leaders of the church) as unnecessary and harmful. He detested the superstition aspect of religion and relied on the cousin of reasoning. Reasoning is a central theme of rational religion.
Another important distinction in rational religion is that God does not interfere taking a back step. To sum this up metaphorically If we think of the earth as a plane God has created it but he is not driving this plane nor is he involved in its navigation to where it's going.
2) Free speech
In defining the spirit of Voltaire Evelyn his biographer stated the following "I disagree with what you say but I defend your right to say it". Voltaire would say many things that would land him in trouble. For example one of his poems led to the impact of his incarceration.
When it came to religion Voltaire was particularly critical but he was still in favour of the toleration of religious belief. One would assume that even though Voltaire would use satire in his work to express his views on philosophical optimism one would assume that he would still tolerate the alternative perspective.
Indeed Voltaire understood......the impact of having free speech and the impact of restricting it. This is captured in the following quote "tolerance has never provoked a civil war; intolerance has covered the earth in carnage".
3) the eighteenth century/ the age of Voltaire
Eighteenth century is often seen as an Age of Enlightenment. If this was a movie you had a cast of characters that played a significant part in education of human progression.
Think of the characters and we are only going to name a few... Edward Jenner the father of immunology.
From Leonard Eulor a mathematician who discovered calculus and geometry.
To Isaac Newton a physicist who discovered gravity and of course Voltaire the prolific writer and advocate of freedom of thought and big opposer of the Catholic Church and of course there are much more.
To summarize in a concise manner reason logic and science triumphed over the concept of faith and institutionalized religion. This has painted the intellectual template for the world we live in today. And Voltaire was an integral part of this enlightenment that led to this template.
This was an age of the freedom of thought.
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Who was Voltaire? A history of Voltaire.

François-Marie Arouet; 21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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LITERATURE - Voltaire

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LITERATURE - Voltaire

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CANDIDE by Voltaire - FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudio BooksCandide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature.
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This is a story about the adventures of a man named Candide who grows up in the German castle of Westphalia. He is sensible and bright, taking to the philosophy of Pangloss, a philosopher who believes that all things happen for good.
Candide gets run out of Westphalia by the Baron after expressing a romantic interest the beautiful Cunegonde, the Baron's daughter. Still, Candide is determined to reunite with her some day.
After joining the Bulgarian army, Candide again runs, but meets Pangloss, who is disfigured and sickly. Pangloss tells Candide that Westphalia was attacked and that everyone died. The two of them travel to Portugal with the aid of a friendly man, who dies in a terrible storm at sea.
After surviving an earthquake, Candide and Pangloss are convicted and each sentenced: Candide to be whipped and shot, Pangloss to be hanged. Pangloss is hanged, but Candide is saved by an old woman, who heals his wounds.
The old woman takes Candide to Cunegonde, who survived the attack on Westphalia, and explains how she is now the property of two other men.
Candide slays the two men who own Cunegonde and he takes her and the old woman to the New World to escape persecution. As they are sailing, the old woman shares her own journey from princess to slave.
When they arrive in the New World, the local governor sees Cunegonde and wants to marry her. But before Candide can protest, he sees a ship arrive whose intentions are to arrest him for the slayings.
Candide leaves with a local guide, Cacambo, and they find refuge in a nearby settlement. There, Candide discovers that Cunegonde's brother is a commanding officer, having also survived the attack on Westphalia. However, the men fight and Candide stabs Cunegonde's brother before fleeing.
Candide and Cacambo then find a city of gold, El Dorado. Although the city is full of riches, the people live in peace and harmony. Candide and Cacambo enjoy their time in the city, but decide to take some of the riches with them to buy back Cunegonde. However, on their trip back, they lose most of their gold-carrying sheep and are forced to leave the riches behind.
Candide decides to split off from Cacambo, instructing him to take most of the gold, buy Cunegonde, and meet him in Venice.
After his gold is stolen by a Dutch sea captain, Candide decides to travel to France with Martin, a philosophical man who believes the worst in mankind.
In France, Candide and Martin run into Cacambo, who is now a slave to a former sultan. Cacambo tells them that Cunegonde is a slave in Constantinople and has grown ugly. Still, Candide is determined to see her.
As they are sailing to Constantinople, the group discovers that Cunegonde's brother and Pangloss are rowing the boat.
They land in Constantinople and Candide sees Cunegonde, ugly and beaten, and the old woman. He buys them, still wanting to marry Cunegonde.
In the end, Candide buys a small Turkish farm with the rest of his money and they all live on the farm together.
Initially, readers should be able to identify the author's use of satire as social commentary on money, relationships, slavery, and the evilness in people. Yet the strongest satire is saved for religious commentary. In the story, religious figures are often portrayed as hypocrites who display acts of lust, greed, and selfishness.
This story also portrays the incomplete story. Often, readers are led to believe that characters have died, but in fact, those characters survive and return by the end. This demonstrates the survivability of humans as organisms, but also an exciting literary device: the limited narrator. What this does is limit the reader's knowledge of the world and create new surprises that the reader and main protagonist share together.
Through all of Candide's misadventures, his belief that everything works for good acts as a strong constant. This philosophy, in a way, is mocked by the author as Candide takes it to extremes in some cases.
This ultimately leads to the conclusion of the story where Candide realizes that, in the end, it doesn't really matter whether events, good or bad, work out. Ultimately, we, as humans, are meant to work and experience, not to think or judge whether our experiences are for the benefit of ourselves and those around us.
Through Minute Book Reports, hopefully you can get the plot and a few relevant discussion points in just a couple of minutes.
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8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a vers...

8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works.
Here are 8 quotes by the famous French philosopher Voltaire.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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ZADIG or THE BOOK OF FATE by Voltaire- FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books

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Zadig ou la Destinée ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
The book makes use of the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip. It is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. It is a story of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, both of which Voltaire challenges with his presentation of the moral revolution taking place in Zadig himself. Voltaire's skillful use of the literary devices of contradiction and juxtaposition are shown in beautiful form in this prose. It is one of his most celebrated works after Candide.
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CHARACTERS in "Zadig" -
Zadig -- the protagonist, a Babylonian philosopher
Sémire -- Zadig's original love interest
Orcan -- Zadig's rival for Sémire
Azora -- Zadig's second love interest
Cador -- Zadig's confidant and faithful friend
Moabdar -- King of Babylon
Astarté -- Queen of Babylon, Zadig's final love interest
Sétoc -- Zadig's master as slave
Almona -- a widow
Arbogad -- a brigand
Jesrad -- an angel who disguises himself as a hermit. This character is directly inspired from a mysterious character referred to in the Quran, in Sura "The Cave" (Al-Kahf), v. 60-82. Known as Al-Khadir (meaning "The Green One"), he appears as a wise man holding great knowledge of the unknown and who Moses is going to follow through a journey.
Chapter listing and length:
00 -- Frontmatter -- 00:05:19
Read by: CarlManchester
01 -- The Blind Eye -- 00:09:33
Read by: Carl Manchester
02 -- The Nose -- 00:06:07
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03 -- The Dog And The Horse -- 00:13:18
Read by: LucyBurgoyne
04 -- The Envious Man -- 00:13:18
Read by: Lucy Burgoyne
05 -- The Force of Generosity -- 00:06:34
Read by: Nicholas JamesBridgewater
06 -- The Judgments -- 00:09:48
Read by: Philippa Willitts
07 -- The Force of Jealousy -- 00:13:48
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08 -- The Thrash'd Wife -- 00:09:17
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09 -- The Captive -- 00:09:20
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10 -- The FuneralPile -- 00:07:36
Read by: Arouet
11 -- The Evening's Entertainment -- 00:12:06
Read by: Andy
12 -- The Rendezvous -- 00:12:55
Read by: Alan Clare
13 -- The Free-Booter -- 00:10:59
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14 -- The Fisherman -- 00:11:04
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15 -- The Basilisk -- 00:30:58
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16 -- The Tournaments -- 00:14:30
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17 -- The Hermit -- 00:18:54
Read by: Ted Delorme
18 -- The Aenigmas or Riddles -- 00:11:36
Read by: Carl Manchester
Total running time: 3:47:00
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Voltaire

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Voltaire

Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 21,000 letters and over two thousand books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

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Quote #1 - “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Quote #2 - “Common sense is not so common.”
Quote #3 - “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Quote #4 - “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Quote #5 - “If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.”
Quote #6 - “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
Quote #7 - “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
Quote #8 - “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.”
Quote #9 - “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
Quote #10 - “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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Voltaire (1694-1778)

François-Marie d'Arouet (1694--1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French ...

Voltaire (1694-1778)

François-Marie d'Arouet (1694--1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment. At the center of his work was a new conception of philosophy and the philosopher that in several crucial respects influenced the modern concept of each. Yet in other ways Voltaire was not a philosopher at all in the modern sense of the term. He wrote as many plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts, and he in fact directed many of his critical writings against the philosophical pretensions of recognized philosophers such as Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes. He was, however, a vigorous defender of a conception of natural science that served in his mind as the antidote to vain and fruitless philosophical investigation. In clarifying this new distinction between science and philosophy, and especially in fighting vigorously for it in public campaigns directed against the perceived enemies of fanaticism and superstition, Voltaire pointed modern philosophy down several paths that it subsequently followed.
Voltaire's skepticism descended directly from the neo-Pyrrhonian revival of the Renaissance, and owes a debt in particular to Montaigne, whose essays wedded the stance of doubt with the positive construction of a self grounded in philosophical skepticism. Pierre Bayle's skepticism was equally influential, and what Voltaire shared with these forerunners, and what separated him from other strands of skepticism, such as the one manifest in Descartes, is the insistence upon the value of the skeptical position in its own right as a final and complete philosophical stance. Among the philosophical tendencies that Voltaire most deplored, in fact, were those that he associated most powerfully with Descartes who, he believed, began in skepticism but then left it behind in the name of some positive philosophical project designed to eradicate or resolve it. Such urges usually led to the production of what Voltaire liked to call "philosophical romances," which is to say systematic accounts that overcome doubt by appealing to the imagination and its need for coherent explanations. Such explanations, Voltaire argued, are fictions, not philosophy, and the philosopher needs to recognize that very often the most philosophical explanation of all is to offer no explanation at all.
Such skepticism often acted as bulwark for Voltaire's defense of liberty since he argued that no authority, no matter how sacred, should be immune from challenge by critical reason. Voltaire's views on religion as manifest in his private writings are complex, and based on the evidence of these texts it would be wrong to call Voltaire an atheist, or even an anti-Christian so long as one accepts a broad understanding of what Christianity can entail. But even if his personal religious views were subtle, Voltaire was unwavering in his hostility to church authority and the power of the clergy. For similar reasons, he also grew as he matured ever more hostile toward the sacred mysteries upon which monarchs and Old Regime aristocratic society based their authority. In these cases, Voltaire's skepticism was harnessed to his libertarian convictions through his continual effort to use critical reason as a solvent for these "superstitions" and the authority they anchored. The philosophical authority of romanciers such as Descartes, Malebranche, and Leibniz was similarly subjected to the same critique, and here one sees how the defense of skepticism and liberty, more than any deeply held opposition to religiosity per se, was often the most powerful motivator for Voltaire.

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Voltaire's 'Candide' Summarized and Explained, with Will Durant

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme (pronounced /ˌkænˈdiːd/ in English and [kɑ̃did] in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.
As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it; most notably, Leonard Bernstein composed the music for the 1956 comic operetta adapted from the novel. The original 1956 libretto of Candide, written by Lillian Hellman, was an intensely bitter and somewhat loose adaptation of Voltaire, but Hugh Wheeler's new libretto, first produced in 1974, was a far more faithful adaptation of the novella, and the one which is still in use today. Today, Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is likely taught more than any other work of French literature.
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 -- 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (pronounced: [volˈtɛʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.
Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Émilie du Châtelet) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions.
The Story of Philosophy: the Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a book by Will Durant that profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show the interconnection of their ideas and how one philosopher's ideas informed the next.
Philosophers profiled are, in order: Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Baruch Spinoza, Voltaire (with a section on Rousseau), Immanuel Kant (with a section on Hegel), Arthur Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
The final two chapters are devoted to European and then American philosophers. Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, and Bertrand Russell are covered in the tenth, and George Santayana, William James, and John Dewey are covered in the eleventh.

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3 Reasons to Love Voltaire

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3 Reasons to Love Voltaire

Welcome to visual knowledge three reasons to love Voltaire. Voltaire was a philosopher and writer. He has expressed ideas on freedom of speech, free trade, church, civil liberty, tolerance and much much more.
1) Rational religion
Voltaire did not believe in any single religion and therefore considered himself a deist which can also be referred to as rational religion. We can define rational religion in three phases.
Phase 1 God has created the universe. This is based on the premise that reason and observation determines a creator.
Phase 2 it rejects supernatural aspects or miracles
Phase 3 God has given humans reason
To define deism even further explains why Voltaire often saw the differences in religion as trivial. He was particularly critical of the church and saw the clergy (which are deacons, priests and bishops or to put simply important formal leaders of the church) as unnecessary and harmful. He detested the superstition aspect of religion and relied on the cousin of reasoning. Reasoning is a central theme of rational religion.
Another important distinction in rational religion is that God does not interfere taking a back step. To sum this up metaphorically If we think of the earth as a plane God has created it but he is not driving this plane nor is he involved in its navigation to where it's going.
2) Free speech
In defining the spirit of Voltaire Evelyn his biographer stated the following "I disagree with what you say but I defend your right to say it". Voltaire would say many things that would land him in trouble. For example one of his poems led to the impact of his incarceration.
When it came to religion Voltaire was particularly critical but he was still in favour of the toleration of religious belief. One would assume that even though Voltaire would use satire in his work to express his views on philosophical optimism one would assume that he would still tolerate the alternative perspective.
Indeed Voltaire understood......the impact of having free speech and the impact of restricting it. This is captured in the following quote "tolerance has never provoked a civil war; intolerance has covered the earth in carnage".
3) the eighteenth century/ the age of Voltaire
Eighteenth century is often seen as an Age of Enlightenment. If this was a movie you had a cast of characters that played a significant part in education of human progression.
Think of the characters and we are only going to name a few... Edward Jenner the father of immunology.
From Leonard Eulor a mathematician who discovered calculus and geometry.
To Isaac Newton a physicist who discovered gravity and of course Voltaire the prolific writer and advocate of freedom of thought and big opposer of the Catholic Church and of course there are much more.
To summarize in a concise manner reason logic and science triumphed over the concept of faith and institutionalized religion. This has painted the intellectual template for the world we live in today. And Voltaire was an integral part of this enlightenment that led to this template.
This was an age of the freedom of thought.
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